The works listed below are excellent starting points for research and can be used to find background information, definitions of terms or concepts, and citations to additional resources. (Titles in blue are online.)
Credo Reference
Numerous subject encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age
UM Science Reference QC 773 E49
Encyclopedia of War & American Society
UM Reference E 181 E634
Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social and Military History
UM Reference D 740 E516
Europa World Year Book
Encyclopedia and directory of world's countries-covers government, demographics, history and more
Facts of File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
UM Science QC 772 F33
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of several hundred subject encyclopedias
Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament
UM Reference JZ 5645 L38
Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation: A Reference Handbook
UM Reference U 264 D53
Oxford Reference Online
Subject dictionaries, guides and concise companions
